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PREPARATIONS FOR the NRMA’s
centenary celebrations in 2020 are
already underway, with Members
sending in some fascinating artefacts
from the organisation’s history:
1. Don and Sylvia Kilby from West
Bathurst sent in a 1926 guide map.
The size of a purse when folded up,
it expands to provide a detailed
map of roads around NSW and
Victoria and encourages the motorist
to mark the intended route with a
pencil for reference.
“ We’re donating this map we found in
a second-hand bookshop in South
Australia during our touring days over
ten years ago,” the Kilbys wrote.
“ We purchased it not because it
was any use to us, but more because
it was too good to be destroyed.”
2. Many vehicles have sported NRMA
badges over the years, but one sent in
by Peter Andrews has an interesting
feature. It belonged to his father, Milton
Andrews, who lived in Northbridge.
“ Dad was a cautious man and so
had a habit of inscribing his telephone
number on items of particular value
to him,” Peter wrote.
“ Noting that the use of letters in
telephone numbers was phased out in
the 1960s, Dad would have inscribed the
badge in the 1950s. When I purchased
my first vehicle around 1962, Dad gave
me the badge, which was then affixed to
the front bumper bar.”
3. A tiny brass luggage tag came to us
from Rowena Robinson and is believed
to date back to 1927. It’s embossed with
the NRMA’s address in Spring St,
Sydney, and promises a five-shilling
reward if the lost luggage to which it
was attached was returned there.
Community projects officer James
Simmons is still seeking Members’
memorabilia to create an archive of
NRMA history for its centenary. If you
have a rare or interesting object like any
of these stowed away in a cupboard,
he’d love to see it. Send it to:
James Simmons
NRMA Community Projects
9 Murray Rose Ave
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127
JULY/AUGUST 2018
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Members contribute to
centenary celebrations
The NRMA is on the lookout for memorabilia and stories of its past
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